By the U.S. Department of the Interior The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) by name sounds like mainly indoor office work, when, in fact, we manage millions of acres outdoors, including ocean, Great Lakes and coastal areas. DOI has stewardship responsibilities that extend from coastal areas nationwide to the deepest parts of the ocean floor and across the globe in
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The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) has announced that GATE Energy and TechnipFMC are the winners of the 2021 NOIA Safety in Seas Awards competition, sponsored by Compass Publications, the publisher of Sea Technology. GATE Energy is the 2021 NOIA Safety in Seas Culture of Safety Award winner, and TechnipFMC is recognized for the 2021 NOIA Safety in Seas Safety
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Deb Haaland has become the new secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior after confirmation by the U.S. Senate. She is the first Native American to serve in that role. The Interior Department encompasses the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE). Haaland previously served in the U.S. Congress as a
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AUVs have become versatile tools for exploring the seas. But they can be disruptive to the environment or have trouble traveling through confined spaces. Purdue University researchers are studying an alternative: highly maneuverable, low-cost underwater gliders that operate silently. Components and sensors of the glider also can be easily swapped out or added according to a wide range of mission
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The U.S. Geological Survey is looking for an electronics technician (marine instrumentation) for the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center. Duties include, but are not limited to: working collaboratively both at sea and in the laboratory to operate, maintain, repair and redesign geophysical and sampling equipment; inspecting equipment in the laboratory and/or aboard a research vessel; participating in the
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Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor has collected the first public seafloor data of the New Year, as part of a global effort to map the entire ocean floor by 2030. Australian scientists aboard the ship literally “Pinged in the New Year” as they sent sonar waves down to the ocean floor at midnight on December 31, 2020 and throughout New Year’s Day,
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